| SICKEST | Staff with no time to set off, being most unwell |
| ONTHE | When poverty was witnessed by king (past one), he then set off, being moved (2,3,5,2,7) |
| SEEDIEST | Most unwell when top player plays ties |
| ILLEST | Most unwell |
| DEPART | New padre has time to set off (6) |
| RUNAFTER | Manage, at a later time, to set off in pursuit (3,5) |
| TEST | Time to set off for trial (4) |
| EDITION | No one has time to set up the paper (7) |
| VACAY | Time to set an out-of-office message, slangily |
| ARENA | A time to set up a sports facility? |
| TESTBAN | Grab time to set up international agreement on arms |
| TOT | Time to set up for a little drink |
| HERMITAGE | Island - it takes a long time to set up a museum |
| QUINTESSENCE | Perfect example: Aberdeenshire lasses taking time to set scene (12) |
| THEAGEOFREASON | Time to set forth logically in the 18th century (3,3,2,6) |
| RAINYDAY | Time to set aside money for, in a saying |
| MARKETDAY | Time to set one's stalls out (6,3) |
| TRIG | Time to set up maths subject (4) |
| TALLOW | Time to set aside animal fat (6) |
| REPRESENTS | Means to relax, with no time to wrap gift (10) |
